Overwegingen bij COM(2021)312 - Ondertekening en voorlopige toepassing van de partnerschapsovereenkomst met de leden van de Organisatie van staten in Afrika, het Caribisch gebied en de Stille Oceaan (OACPS), anderzijds

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(1) On 21 June 2018, the Council authorised the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to open negotiations on, and to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, the provisions that fall within the competence of the Union, of a Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the countries of the African, Carribean and Pacific Group of States, of the other part.

(2) The negotiations on a Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded on 15th April 2021 with the exception of the definition of the parties to the Agreement.

(3) The Agreement reflects both the historically close relationship and increasingly strong links developing between the European Union and the members of the Organisation of ACP states, and their desire to further strengthen and extend their relations in an ambitious and innovative way. The Agreement redefines the relationship between the EU and the members of the Organisation of African, Carribean and Pacific States, including the priorities and working methods in the different policy domains to which the Agreement extends.

(4) The Agreement should therefore be signed on behalf of the European Union in accordance with Article 98 of the Agreement, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(5) The Cotonou Agreement will continue to transitionally apply until 30 November 2021 at the latest. If the Agreement does not enter into force from 1 December 2021, the cooperation between the Union and the members of the Organisation of African, Carribean and Pacific States will fall to a level that is neither desirable nor in the Union interest, causing disruptions in the relationship between the Union and the members of the Organisation of African, Carribean and Pacific States. To limit such disruption, the Agreement should be applied provisionally.